Division I Men

Albany Tops Hartford Behind Lyle, Miles Thompson

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Led by six points
apiece from Miles Thompson and Lyle Thompson, the #16/18 UAlbany
men's lacrosse team earned a 15-11 road victory over Hartford on
Sunday afternoon.

UAlbany (5-5, 2-0 AE) used an 11-3 start through the game's
first 42:30 for the victory, holding off a late Hartford (4-7, 0-2
AE) charge in the final quarter.

"At the end of the day, we are 2-0 in the conference," said
UAlbany coach Scott Marr. "We are still striving to play a full 60
minutes to set our standard, but our defense played very well
through the first three quarters."

Miles Thompson led UAlbany with five goals and an assist, while
Lyle Thompson concluded with five assists and a goal. Ryan
Feuerstein, Bennett Drake and John Maloney all had two goals each.
Blaze Riordenearned the win, saving 13 shots in goal.

"I felt good in the game," said Miles Thompson. "It was a rough
start on offense, but we started clicking after our first
goal."

"Most teams tend to pick up the pace to keep with us, but
[Hartford] never got to our pace, we kept their offense in check,"
said Lyle Thompson.

Right off a Hartford faceoff violation, Feuerstein went to the
goal and scored just eight seconds in. After a couple of saved
shots, Hartford cleared and saw Jaedon Henderson take a rebound
from a saved shot and scored to tie the game. The other way, just
as the penalty expired, Lyle Thompson found Maloney a couple of
meters straight away from the goal. Maloney fired quick and scored
in the top of the net to give UAlbany the lead. With 3:28 left in
the quarter, Yatauro scored while taking a hit to tie the score. As
the period was expiring, Feuerstein cleared himself, swam through a
couple of defenders and scored, making 3-2 after one period.

Into the second, Miles Thompson got on the board with a
wraparound from behind the cage for the score. It drew a penalty
from Hartford, giving UAlbany a man-up situation. Lyle Thompson
found Drake next to the cage for the catch, shoot and score. A bit
later, Riley Lasda got the ball around a scrum next to the cage,
shot the ball and scored to cap the run at 4-0 for a 6-2 UAlbany
advantage. Hartford ended the run with a hard bounce shot for a
goal from Doug Biondi, which was countered by a second Miles
Thompson goal on a shot from the waist. Both sides threatened but
the score held as UAlbany led 7-3 to finish the half.

Quickly into the third, Lyle Thompson found Miles Thompson on a
pass, who buried a shot into the corner of the net for an 8-3 lead
just 1:24 in. The UAlbany defense made a four-minute stand while
Hartford kept shooting and missing. On offense, Lyle Thompson
scored on a close bounce shot near the cage, then set upAdam Osika
for another as Osika found the corner of the net. Drake added
another man-up after getting a pass from Miles Thompson as UAlbany
completed a 5-0 run. A Yee goal off the faceoff finished the
drought as UAlbany held Hartford off the board for 19:16. The third
quarter would end with UAlbany held 11-4.

Yee scored a second goal off the faceoff on a fastbreak to open
the fourth quarter with a score nine seconds in. Yatauro added
another for a third-straight Hartford goal. Miles Thompson ended
the run, picking up a ground ball next to the circle and scoring on
a putback shot. Hartford tried to get back into the game, with a
third Yee faceoff win and goal, followed by an Andrew Cacchio
score, to make it 12-8. UAlbany countered quickly, with Connor
Russell grabbing the faceoff and going all the way for the goal,
followed by Maloney getting open from Lasda for another score to
put the lead back to six. Hartford kept pushing with later goals
from Ty Schuldt and Yatauro, but a fifth Miles Thompson goal sealed
it for UAlbany. Brad Hutton scored with 17 seconds left for
Hartford, but UAlbany held for the 15-11 victory.

UAlbany returns home to write another chapter of an in-state
rivalry this weekend, taking on Stony Brook on Saturday, April 12th
at 7 p.m.